Remarks by Jose Luis Barajas
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“All right, thank you. How long did it take the applicant to get through this process to get to today?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And is that kind of like the final step that's keeping the applicant from opening up or moving forward with development or construction on the site?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And it's very clear to me, based on the responses to my colleagues' questions as to what the next phases are, and that's working through the zoning code update to kind of implement some of the changes. However, we're still one to two years out And as the gentleman mentioned, the applicant applied early on this year. We're in mid to late September now. Not every business has that same financial wherewithal to kind of hold off and put off these types of improvements. So what can we do in the interim, in the short term to kind of help address some of these issues that businesses are dealing with?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“As it relates to the zoning code update itself, and I may or may not be deviating from the actual content here at hand, would it be best if the council wanted to create a priority list of advancing the sign ordinance If we wanted to create that out of that into phase two, could staff provide perhaps an update at a future date in the next 60 to 90 days on, hey, this is what we had planned initially for phase two and phase three. What does the council want to be advanced or prioritized based on our priorities?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, I'd definitely be inclined to see that happen. Thank you. All right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Jose? Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation. I want to start off with a quick comment and before I move into my questions. I heard from my colleagues, I think we all agree on kind of communicating this report and this information a little bit more publicly. I know the city manager made some suggestions on that there's the Housing dashboard there's updates to the housing and land use committee There's the bi-monthly update to the City Council that we all will be getting starting this this Friday moving forward But another suggestion I would have I think what we all…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And then I know some dates were mentioned, March 27, December 27, I think September 26, as for dates for submissions of applications for various tax credits and funding opportunities. How long will we wait for Chispa and Milestone Housing to acquire the funding before the city pulls the funding back and reallocates it or pivots to Plan B or C?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for that clarification. And then where within this presentation were the share center, Paul? Or is the Sheriff's Center funding separate from all this? Oh, yeah. OK, fine. Thank you. That's all my questions.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Just want to thank you all for the presentation once again And wanted to share with the rest of the council that the housing and land use committee did approve this item unanimously Also, just thank you all for the hard work that you all do I think the numbers reflect the you know the outcomes reflect the hard work that staff has done I've had an opportunity to do tours of the moon gate Plaza and and do some outreach myself with the SORT team and also go out in the back roads of Natividad Creek Park, walk those areas, walk through the Sheriff's Center and see how all this interconnects. So I…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm going to start off by sharing that I'm a little bit frustrated and disappointed that we canceled the Rodeo Oversight Committee meeting because the fact of the matter was although the reason for calling for the meeting was initiated by the bull incident, there's still a lot more work to be done with the Rodeo Oversight Committee. I remember very clearly when we made that request, we requested to oversee the financials, specifically the 26 financials. And if they didn't have 26 financials, the 25 financials. Starting with that. Second item was overseeing the leases and all the issues, like…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. Next one is, I also have a brief statement to share, and I will also be looking at my laptop just so I can cross my teeth, dot my I's. At the last council meeting, we had an item where I was made the vote by proxy for the City of Salinas at the League of Cities Conference that we're having next week. And the item is on the housing, on a housing issue. So I wanted to share that the League of California Cities 2026 policy resolution submitted by the City of Murrieta and is supported by multiple cities calls for the creation of a statewide working group to explore a state…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026